Members of the Civil Aviation Authority, the National Ports Authority and the South African Maritime Safety Authority met in Richards Bay on Monday to discuss their investigations into Saturday's fatal Portnet helicopter crash.
Ports manager Hlubi Nzama told reporters that they could still not release the name of the flight engineer, from Welkom, who died in the crash.
Nzama said he did not know if the engineer's family had been informed of his death and he was not a Portnet employee.
Police spokesperson Captain Rene van der Westhuizen said the helicopter wreckage had been taken to the port authority helipad for investigations.
She said authorities were waiting for the parents of marine pilot Ashwani Pathak to come from India.
The crash occurred while the helicopter was lifting Pathak from a vessel.
On Sunday, National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Harvey Moir said: "The helicopter blades allegedly made contact with the vessel, Aloha Afovos, during this process, causing the helicopter pilot to lose control. The chopper then nose-dived into the sea."
He said Pathak was still being winched up when the incident occurred.
Helicopter pilot John Basson and Pathak were rescued by divers who were repairing pipelines at the time.
On Monday the Richards Bay hospital manager, Kobus Nel, said Pathak was in a very serious condition in the intensive care unit while Basson was recovering in a normal ward. - Sapa